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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, I think it is a combo of people delaying having kids until older and people being overweight.  So many women have pcos now, which makes having children a lot more challenging.  Pcos is correlated with being overweight.  It is a bit of a which came first, chicken or the egg- but never the less, most women are not at a heathy weight which impacts fertility. [/quote]

PCOS causes weight gain.[/quote]

i have pcos and am 120 lbs.... this is like the drs who were surprised i have gestational diabetes while thin.  didn't meet my spouse until 34 and needed fertility treatment (iui for first kid and ivf for 2nd) but frankly likely would've needed iui at a younger age anyway as i don't ovulate.  fortunately had the means to freeze eggs at 33... would've loved to meet a guy much earlier but realistically would've had a hard time starting a family when making 20k a year as a phd student for most of my 20s.  i'm very good at living frugally but 20k can only go so far- hard to pay childcare plus rent on that.  this forum neglects to mention that many women spend their 20s in school.  nearly all my close friends have a phd or md so even the ones who met their partners early didn't have kids until around 30.  we're not all tradwives[/quote]

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